Bengals announce nine rookie free agent signings

The Bengals became the latest team to announce a group of undrafted free agent signings when they added nine players to their offseason roster on Tuesday.

One player on the list is linebacker Jayson DiManche, who played at Southern Illinois and told Kevin Maloney of the Times of Trentonthat he got interest from both the Jaguars and Bengals after the draft ended. DiManche said the Bengals offered “way more” than the Jaguars, which landed him in Cincinnati a year after they hit on linebacker Vontaze Burfict as an undrafted free agent.

Cincinnati holds its rookie minicamp next week. Linebacker Brandon Joiner, who signed with the team as an undrafted free agent last year before going to jail on robbery charges dating from 2007. The team held onto his rights and reinstated him to the roster after his release earlier this year.

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Alright. Go Northwest Missouri State! Don’t know anything about the school or the player–but wish the young man best of luck. Think this is the first time I’ve seen so many players getting shots either in draft or undrafted free agent signings from Missouri’s smaller schools. Or just the first time I really paid attention, either way, very cool.